Abrams Press imprint: 299 books
The Imperial Capitals of China
A Dynastic History of the Celestial Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2008
From the third century B.C. Shang Emperor's obsessive—and fatal—attempts to engage the Immortals with cosmologically pleasing urban planning, Chinese emperors have designed their imperial capitals in ways that reveal the heart of their dynasty. In a history peopled with countless races, nationalities,...
by James Lovelock
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Now in his 95th year, James Lovelock has been hailed as “the man who conceived the first wholly new way of looking at life on earth since Charles Darwin? (Independent) and “the most profound scientific thinker of our time? (Literary Review). Â A Rough Ride to the Future introduces two new Lovelockian...
The Missing Ingredient
The Curious Role of Time in Food and Flavor
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Two minutes into boiling an egg, the white isn’t set and the yolk is totally raw. After five minutes however, the white is fully set and the yolk slightly runny—a perfectly spoonable, soft-boiled egg. Boil for another three minutes for a set and tender yolk, or an additional five minutes for a...
Sugar
A Bittersweet History
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
The book explores the hidden stories behind this sweet product, revealing how powerful American interests deposed Queen Lili'uokalani of Hawaii, how Hitler tried to ensure a steady supply of beet sugar when enemies threatened to cut off Germany's supply of overseas cane sugar, and how South Africa...
by Halley Feiffer
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
“I’ve been single for so long, I’ve started having sexual fantasies about my vibrator,? riffs Karla for her captive, cancer-ward audience. The patients—her mother, who’s recovering from surgery for ovarian cancer, and her roommate behind the curtain, aren’t laughing—or even awake—but...
by Edward Albee
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
These three plays tackle major themes such as race relations, American family life, and the essence of theater itself -- each of which still continue to resonate. Representing the bold and exciting periods in the then young career of widely consideredAmerica's most popular and imaginative playwrights, this edition is a must-have for theater lovers.
Darwin Slept Here
Discovery, Adventure, and Swimming Iguanas in Charles Darwin's South America
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2009
**This entertaining combination of history, biography, and travel adventure is “a bracingly fresh portrait [of] Darwin . . . Nothing less than exhilarating” (Michael Pollan, New York Times–bestselling author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma).
One snowy day in Ushuaia, Argentina, Eric Simons...
Orpheus
The Song of Life
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2012
“[A] startlingly original history that traces the obscure origins and tangled relationships of the Orpheus myth from ancient times through today” (Library Journal).
For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian,...
Eclipse
The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012
Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. An adventurer and rogue who has made his money through gambling, Dennis O'Kelly is also a known companion to the madam of a notorious London brothel. Under O'Kelly's management, Eclipse would go on a winning streak unparalleled for the next two centuries....
by Fyodor Sologub
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2009
The Petty Demon is one of the funniest Russian novels. It is also the most decadent of the great Russian classics, replete with naked boys, sinuous girls, and a strange mixture of beauty and perversity. The main hero, Peredonov, is as comical as he is disgusting. He is at once a victim, a monster,...
Finding Arthur
The True Origins of the Once and Future King
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
The legend of King Arthur has been told and retold for centuries. As the king who united a nation, his is the story of England itself. But what if Arthur wasn't English at all? As writer and Arthurian scholar Adam Ardrey discovered, the reason historians have had little success identifying the historical...
Jitney
A Play - Broadway Tie-In Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2017
Only one of the plays in two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson’s masterful The American Century Cycle has never been seen on Broadway—until now. In his preface to this Broadway edition of Jitney, director Ruben Santiago-Hudson writes: “There had been nine jewels placed in August...
Reasons to be Happy
A Play
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Reasons to Be Happy features the same four characters--Greg, Steph, Carly, and Kent--picking up their lives three years later, but in different romantic pairings as they each search desperately for that elusive object of desire: happiness. New York City's MCC Theater will produce the world premiere in May 2013.
Things We Said Today
Short Plays and Monologues
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Things We Said Today features the scripts for Neil LaBute’s groundbreaking Directv project 10x10—a series of short films written and directed by LaBute based on ten compelling original monologues, five each for men and women.  Also included are five short plays displaying...